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NLNUMw.d Informat
Reads numeric data in the specified locale for local expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value.
| Category: | Numeric |
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Syntax |
| NLNUMw.d |
Syntax Description
- w
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specifies the width of the input field.
Default: 6 Range: 1-32 - d
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optionally specifies whether to divide the number by 10d. If the data contains decimal separators, the d value is ignored.
Default: 0 Range: 0-31
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The NLNUMw.d) informat reads numeric data in the specified locale for local expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value. It removes any thousands separators, decimal separators, blanks, the currency symbol, and the close parenthesis from the input data.
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The NLNUMw.d informat performs processing that is opposite to the NLNUMIw.d informat.
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The following example uses -1234356.78 as the input value.
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options locale=English_UnitedStates;
x=input('-1,234,356.78',nlnum32.2);
put x=; |
-1234356.78 |
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